
Freelance contributor at What's Up Shopper
Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Freelance contributor at What's Up Shopper
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
(Writing and Editing industry)
February 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)
Education:
East Gaston High School, class of 1983. Modern Gun Repair School, 1996. Long Ridge Writers Group, 2008. American Christian Writers Conference, 2009. LifeWay Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference, 2009.
Experience:
My commentaries have appeared in the Gaston Gazette, the Lincoln Times-News, the Shelby Star, the Elkin Tribune, What’s Up Shopper and the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Lincoln County. Contributor to AutoRacing1.com.
Weekly opinion columnist, writing on government and cultural matters, for the Lincoln Times-News, 2006-2008, and the Elkin Tribune, 2009. Write monthly commentaries for What’s Up Shopper, 2008-2009, and the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Lincoln County (NC), 2009. Regular contributor to the Charlotte (NC) Tea Party blog.
Founder, researcher, writer, editor and publisher of the conservative to libertarian website, TheRightSlant.com, since February, 2003, averaging 7000 hits per month. Originated Pray for Independence Day, 2009.
Awards:
Gaston Gazette Readers Voice, April 2005. Gaston Gazette Readers Voice, June 2007. Cecil B. Murphy Foundation Scholarship, 2009.
Organizations:
Thirty-five year member of Alexis Baptist Church. Life member of the National Rifle Association. Charlotte Tea Party. Former member of the American Gunsmith Association and North American Hunting Club. Youth baseball coach.
Personal Data:
Married for 19 years. Two boys, Noah (15) and Caleb (9). Hobbies include politics, the Second Amendment and related activities, youth baseball, blogging and woodcrafts. Taught children’s Sunday school, 1994-2003. Teach college Bible study class, 2008-2009. Dedicated to preserving individual liberty, traditional values, free markets, limited government and constitutional practices.
(Writing and Editing industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
(Newspapers industry)
May 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 4 months)
Wrote a weekly political and current events editorial column.
(Writing and Editing industry)
1998 — 2003 (5 years )
Writing, blogging, conservative political principles, Christianity, firearms, hunting, the Old West, youth baseball, nostalgia and Americana.
Gaston Gazette Reader's Voice Award, April 2005
Gaston Gazette Reader's Voice Award, June 2007
Cecil B. Murphy Foundation Scholarship, 2009